Project Grant R01HD119914
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $301,304 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on sex-specific musculoskeletal adaptations to wheelchair use in childhood and adolescence. The primary objectives are to: Establish the relationships between sex-specific adaptations to glenohumeral muscle morphology, scapula shape, and...
- This federal Project Grant award of $427,814, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Program (CFDA 93.865), aims to investigate whether operant conditioning of motor evoked potentials (MEP) can improve corticospinal recruitment of motoneurons in individuals with chronic cervical spinal cord injury. The research, conducted by the Medical University of South Carolina, seeks to determine if...
- This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Program (CFDA 93.865), will support research to generate evidence-based knowledge about the neural mechanisms underlying the spatiotemporal control of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (TSCS) for restoring motor function in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The $570,718 award, with a project...
- The federal Project Grant award of $1,431,959.00 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to investigate two promising methods to induce plasticity in subcortical motor circuits in humans, both with and without spinal cord injury (SCI). The award, granted to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), will...
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $652,497 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program to The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) for the project "Defining the Neurological Substrates of Proximal Upper Extremity Motor Control and Recovery After Stroke". The 5-year project aims to (1) determine baseline relationships between the...
- The Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.865), is for evaluating the feasibility of force-based and position-based prosthetic control systems for children born without a hand. The $127,557 award, granted on September 30, 2025, aims to define the innate capabilities of children with upper limb deficiencies and leverage...
- This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $185,713 to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (d/b/a Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) to determine the effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) on paretic leg motor control during treadmill walking in individuals with stroke....
- This Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Program (CFDA 93.865). The goal of the project is to develop and optimize novel neurostimulation strategies to restore intuitive and informative somatosensation to people with tetraplegia. The $618,907 award to Case Western Reserve University will fund research to determine the impact of spatiotemporal intracortical...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $739,259 Project Grant to Optimal Mobility Inc. under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop a first-of-its-kind pediatric manual mobile standing wheelchair. This device will enable children with neuromuscular conditions to independently transition between sitting and standing positions, promoting positive psychosocial and health benefits. The project involves a...
- The Medical University of South Carolina received a $115,881 Project Grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant, awarded on April 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2027, will support research to examine the effects of operant up-conditioning of the wrist extensor motor evoked potential on corticospinal plasticity and...
The Project Grant award of $719,222.00, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports research to establish the relationship between the physical demands of manual wheelchair propulsion and upper limb strength, and their impact on median nerve health in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The key objectives are to determine if clinical measures of median nerve health are better in manual wheelchair users with SCI who apply smaller handrim forces during propulsion, and to enable clinicians to identify high-risk individuals and design preventative interventions such as targeted strengthening or wheelchair optimization. This research, enabled by innovative markerless motion capture approaches, aims to address the critical lack of biomechanical analyses focused on the wrist and distal upper limb among manual wheelchair users, ultimately helping to prevent the development of carpal tunnel syndrome and preserve independence.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $719.2k | 8/9/25 |